- Mateus Tetê - 12'
- Alexandre Lacazette - 22' Pen
- Anthony Lopes - 27'
- Thomas Mangani - 31' Pen
- Romain Hamouma - 45'+4'
Lyon edge Ajaccio in opening game of new French season
Brazilian Tete and returning striker Alexandre Lacazette scored early to set up Olympique Lyonnais for a 2-1 home win over promoted AC Ajaccio as both teams finished the first half with 10 men in the opening game of the Ligue 1 campaign on Friday.
Lyon, hoping for a major improvement after a disappointing eighth-place finish last season, got off to a bright start with a 12th minute goal from Tete, set up by Lacazette who then added a second from the penalty spot 10 minutes later.
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Former Lyon favourite Lacazette was back in Lyon colours after signing from Arsenal.
But the hosts side were down to 10 men before the half-hour mark when goalkeeper Anthony Lopes was dismissed for a dangerous tackle and Thomas Mangani pulled one back for the Corsican club from the resultant spot kick.
However, Ajaccio's one-man advantage lasted only until just before halftime when Romain Hamouma was sent off for a second cautionable offence.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Benoit Bastien
French Ligue 1 Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paris Saint-Germain | 33 | 21 | 10 | 2 | +46 | 73 |
AS Monaco | 33 | 19 | 7 | 7 | +22 | 64 |
Lille | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | +18 | 58 |
Brest | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | +16 | 58 |
Nice | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | +11 | 54 |
Lens | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | +8 | 50 |
Lyon | 33 | 15 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 50 |
Marseille | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | +10 | 47 |
Stade Rennais | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | +8 | 46 |
Stade de Reims | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 44 |
Toulouse | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 43 |
Montpellier | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 40 |
Strasbourg | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 39 |
Nantes | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | -21 | 33 |
Le Havre AC | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | -10 | 32 |
Metz | 33 | 8 | 5 | 20 | -21 | 29 |
Lorient | 33 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -28 | 26 |
Clermont Foot | 33 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -29 | 25 |